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Consertion

CONSERTION, noun [Latin] Junction; adaptation.

Conservable

CONSERVABLE, adjective [See Conserve.] That may be kept or preserved from decay or injury.

Conservancy

CONSERVANCY, noun [Latin See Conserve.] A court of conservancy is held by the Lord Mayor of London, for the preservation of the fishery on the Thames.

Conservant

CONSERVANT, adjective Preserving; having the power or quality of preserving from decay or destruction.

Conservation

CONSERVATION, noun [Latin See Conserve.] The act of preserving, guarding or protecting; preservation from loss, decay, injury, or violation; the keeping of a thing in a safe or entire state; as the conservation of bodies from perishing; the conservation of the peace of society; the conservation of privileges.

Conservative

CONSERVATIVE, adjective Preservative; having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste or injury.

Conservator

CONSERVATOR, noun

1. A preserver; one who preserves from injury or violation. Appropriately, an officer who has the charge of preserving the public peace, as judges and sheriffs; also, an officer who has the charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation or community, as in catholic universities. It is a word of extensive application.

2. In Connecticut, a person appointed to superintend idiots, lunatics, etc., manage their property, and preserve it from waste.

Conservatory

CONSERVATORY, adjective Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay or injury.

CONSERVATORY, noun

1. A place for preserving any thing in a state desired, as from loss, decay, waste or injury. Thus a fish-pond for keeping fish, a granary for corn, an ice-house for ice and other things, a receptacle for water, etc., are called conservatories.

2. A large green-house for exotics, in which the plants are planted in beds and borders, and not in tubs or pots, as in the common green-house.

Conserve

CONSERVE, verb transitive [Latin , to hold, keep or guard.] To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve from loss, decay, waste, or injury; to defend from violation; as, to conserve bodies from perishing; to conserve the peace of society; to conserve fruits, roots and herbs, with sugar, etc.

CONSERVE, noun

1. A sweetmeat made of the inspissated juice of fruit, boiled with sugar.

2. In pharmacy, a form of medicine contrived to preserve the flowers, herbs, roots or fruits of simples, as nearly as possible, in their natural fresh state. Fresh vegetables and sugar of the consistence of honey.

3. A conservatory. [Not usual.]

Conserved

CONSERVED, participle passive Preserved in a safe and sound state; guarded; kept; maintained; protected; prepared with sugar.

Conserver

CONSERVER, noun One who conserves; one who keeps from loss or injury; one who lays up for preservation; a preparer of conserves.

Conserving

CONSERVING, participle present tense Keeping in safety; defending; maintaining; preparing with sugar.

Consession

CONSESSION, noun [Latin See Session.] A sitting together. [Little used.]

Consessor

CONSESSOR, noun One that sits with others. [Little used.]

Consider

CONSIDER, verb transitive [Latin , to consider to view attentively, to sit by; to sit. See Sit. The literal sense is, to sit by or close, or to set the mind or the eye to; hence, to view or examine with attention.]

1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

Know, therefore, this day, and consider it in thy heart. Deuteronomy 4:39.

Hast thou considered my servant Job? Job 1:8.

CONSIDER the lilies of the field how they grow. Matthew 6:28.

2. To view attentively; to observe and examine.

The priest shall consider the leprosy. Leviticus 13:13.

3. To attend to; to relieve.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor. Psalms 41:1.

4. To have regard to; to respect.

Let us consider one another, to provoke to love, and to good words. Hebrews 10:24.

5. To take into view in examination, or into account in estimates.

In adjusting accounts, services, time, and expense ought to be considered.

6. In the imperative, consider is equivalent to, think with care, attend, examine the subject with a view to truth or the consequences of a measure. So we use see, observe, think, attend.

7. To requite; to reward; particularly for gratuitous services.

CONSIDER, verb intransitive

1. To think seriously, maturely or carefully; to reflect.

None considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge or understanding. Isaiah 44:19.

In the day of adversity consider Ecclesiastes 7:13.

2. To deliberate; to turn in the mind; as in the case of a single person; to deliberate or consult, as numbers; sometimes followed by of; as, I will consider your case, or of your case.

The apostles and elders come together to consider of this matter. Acts 15:6.

3. To doubt; to hesitate.

Considerable

CONSIDERABLE, adjective [See Consider.]

1. That may be considered; that is to be observed, remarked or attended to.

It is considerable that some urns have had inscriptions on them, expressing that the lamps were burning.

[This primary use of the word is obsolescent or very rarely used.]

2. Worthy of consideration; worthy of regard or attention.

Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration.

As that which is worthy of regard is in some measure important, hence

3. Respectable; deserving of notice; of some distinction; applied to persons.

Men considerable in all worthy professions, eminent in many ways of life.

4. Important; valuable; or moderately large, according to the subject. considerable aid was expected from the allies. A man has a considerable estate in Norfolk. A considerable sum of money was collected. Sometimes followed by to. He thought his aid considerable to him.

Considerableness

CONSIDERABLENESS, noun Some degree of importance, moment or dignity; a degree of value or importance that deserves notice.

The considerableness of things is to be estimated by their usefulness, or by their effects on society.

Considerably

CONSIDERABLY, adverb In a degree deserving notice; in a degree not trifling, or unimportant.

And Europe still considerably gains both by their good examples and their pains.

Considerance

CONSIDERANCE, noun Consideration; reflection; sober thought. [Not used. See Consideration.]

Considerate

CONSIDERATE, adjective [Latin See Consider.]

1. Given to consideration, or to sober reflection; thoughtful; hence, serious; circumspect; careful; discreet; prudent; not hasty or rash; not negligent.

Aeneas is patient, considerate and careful of his people.

2. Having respect to; regardful; as, considerate of praise. [Little used.]

3. Moderate; not rigorous.

Considerately

CONSIDERATELY, adverb With deliberation; with due consideration; calmly; prudently.

Considerateness

CONSIDERATENESS, noun Prudence; calm deliberation.

Consideration

CONSIDERATION, noun [Latin See Consider.]

1. The act of considering; mental view; regard; notice.

Let us take into consideration the consequences of a hasty decision.

2. Mature thought; serious deliberation.

Let us think with consideration

3. Contemplation; meditation.

The love you bear to Mopsa hath brought you to the consideration of her virtues.

4. Some degree of importance; claim to notice, or regard; a moderate degree of respectability.

Lucan is an author of consideration among the Latin poets.

5. That which is considered; motive of action; influence; ground of conduct.

He was obliged, antecedent to all other considerations, to search an asylum.

6. Reason; that which induces to a determination.

He was moved by the considerations set before him.

7. In law, the reason which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price or motive of a stipulation. In all contracts, each party gives something in exchange for what he receives.

A contract is an agreement, upon sufficient consideration This consideration is express or implied; express, when the thing to be given or done is specified; implied, when no specific consideration is agreed upon, but justice requires it and the law implies it; as when a man labors for another, without stipulating for wages, the law infers that he shall receive a reasonable consideration A good consideration is that of blood, or natural love; a valuable consideration is such as money, marriage, etc. Hence a consideration is an equivalent or recompense; that which is given as of equal estimated value with that which is received.

Considerative

CONSIDERATIVE, adjective Taking into consideration. [Little used.]

Considered

CONSIDERED, participle passive Thought of with care; pondered; viewed attentively; deliberated on; examined.

Considerer

CONSIDERER, noun A thinker; one who considers; a man of reflection. [Considerator is not in use.]

Considering

CONSIDERING, participle present tense Fixing the mind on; meditating on; pondering; viewing with care and attention; deliberating on.

Note. We have a peculiar use of this word, which may be a corruption for considered, or which may be a deviation from analogy by an insensible change in the structure of the phrase. It is not possible for us to act otherwise, considering the weakness of our nature. As a participle, this word must here refer to us, or the sentence cannot be resolved by any rule of English syntax. It should be correct to say, It is not possible for us to act otherwise, the weakness of our nature being considered; or We, considering the weakness of our nature, cannot act otherwise. But the latter phrase is better grammar, than it is sense. We use other participles in like manner; as, Allowing for tare, the weight could not be more than a hundred pounds. These and similar phrases are anomalous. But considering is no more a kind of conjunction, in such phrases, than it is a noun.

CONSIDERING, noun The act of deliberating, or carefully attending to; hesitation; as, many mazed considerings.

Consideringly

CONSIDERINGLY, adverb With consideration or deliberation. Whole Duty of Man.

Consign

CONSIGN, verb transitive [Latin , to seal or sign; to seal or stamp; a sign, seal or mark; to deposit, deliver, consign See Sign. The sense is to set to, to thrust or sent.]

1. To give, send or set over; to transfer or deliver into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession.

At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state.

At death the body is consigned to the grave.

2. To deliver or transfer, as a charge or trust; to commit; as, to consign a youth to the care of a preceptor; to consign goods to a factor.

3. To set over or commit, for permanent preservation; as, to consign a history to writing.

4. To appropriate.

CONSIGN, verb intransitive To submit to the same terms with another; also, to sign; to agree or consent.

Consignation

CONSIGNATION, noun The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place or state.

Despair is certain consignation to eternal ruin. [Little used. See Consignment.]

Consignature

CONSIGNATURE, noun Full signature; joint signing or stamping.

Consigned

CONSIGNED, participle passive Delivered; committed for keeping, or management; deposited in trust.

Consignee

CONSIGNEE, noun The person to whom goods or other things are delivered in trust, for sale or superintendance; a factor.

Consigner

CONSIGNER, CONSIGNOR, noun The person who consigns; one who sends, delivers, or commits goods to another for sale, or a ship for superintendence, bills of lading, papers, etc.

Consignification

CONSIGNIFICATION, noun [See Signify.] Joint signification.

Consignificative

CONSIGNIFICATIVE, adjective [See Signify.] Having a like signification, or jointly significative.

Consigning

CONSIGNING, participle present tense Delivering to another in trust; sending or committing, as a possession or charge.

Consignment

CONSIGNMENT, noun

1. The act of consigning; consignation; the act of sending or committing, as a charge for safe-keeping or management; the act of depositing with, as goods for sale.

2. The thing consigned; the goods sent or delivered to a factor for sale; as, A received a large consignment of goods from B.

3. The writing by which any thing is consigned.

Consignor

CONSIGNER, CONSIGNOR noun The person who consigns; one who sends, delivers, or commits goods to another for sale, or a ship for superintendence, bills of lading, papers, etc.

Consimilar

CONSIMILAR, adjective Having common resemblance. [Little used.]

Consimilitude

CONSIMILITUDE, noun Resemblance. [Little used.]

Consist

CONSIST, verb intransitive [Latin , to stand.]

1. To stand together; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection. Hence, to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.

He was before all things, and by him all things consist Colossians 1:17.

2. To stand or be; to lie; to be contained; followed by in.

The beauty of epistolary writing consists in case and freedom.

3. To be composed; followed by of.

A landscape should consist of a variety of scenery.

To consist together, to coexist; to have being concurrently.

Necessity and election cannot consist together in the same act.

To consist with, to agree; to be in accordance with; to be compatible.

Health consists with temperance alone.

Consistence

CONSISTENCE, CONSISTENCY, n. 1. A standing together; a being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; that state of a body, in which its component parts remain fixed.The consistency of bodies is divers; dense, rare, tangible, pneumatical, volatile, &c.2. A degree of density or spissitude, but indefinite.Let the juices or liquor be boiled into the consistency of syrup.3. Substance; make; firmness of constitution; as, friendship of a lasting consistency; resolutions of durable consistence.4. A standing together, as the parts of a system, or of conduct, &c.; agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; congruity; uniformity; as the consistency of laws, regulations or judicial decisions; consistency of opinion; consistency of behavior or of character.There is harmony and consistency in all Gods works.5. A standing; a state of rest, in which things capable of growth or decrease, remain for a time at a stand.

Consistency

CONSISTENCE, CONSISTENCY noun

1. A standing together; a being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; that state of a body, in which its component parts remain fixed.

The CONSISTENCY of bodies is divers; dense, rare, tangible, pneumatical, volatile, etc.

2. A degree of density or spissitude, but indefinite.

Let the juices or liquor be boiled into the CONSISTENCY of syrup.

3. Substance; make; firmness of constitution; as, friendship of a lasting consistency; resolutions of durable consistence.

4. A standing together, as the parts of a system, or of conduct, etc.; agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; congruity; uniformity; as the CONSISTENCY of laws, regulations or judicial decisions; CONSISTENCY of opinion; CONSISTENCY of behavior or of character.

There is harmony and CONSISTENCY in all Gods works.

5. A standing; a state of rest, in which things capable of growth or decrease, remain for a time at a stand.

Consistent

CONSISTENT, adjective [Latin See Consist.]

1. Fixed; firm; not fluid; as the consistent parts of a body, distinguished from the fluid.

2. Standing together or in agreement; compatible; congruous; uniform; not contradictory or opposed; as, two opinions or schemes are consistent; let a man be consistent with himself; the law is consistent with justice and policy.

So two consistent motions act the soul

Consistently

CONSISTENTLY, adverb In a consistent manner; in agreement; agreeably; as, to command confidence, a man must act consistently

Consistorial

CONSISTORIAL, CONSISTORY, adjective [See Consistory.] Pertaining or relating to a consistory, or ecclesiastical court of an archbishop or bishop.

Every archbishop and bishop of a diocese hath a consistory court.

Consistorian

CONSISTORIAN, adjective Relating to an order of presbyterian assemblies.

Consistory

CONSISTORY, noun [Latin See Consist.] Primarily, a place of meeting; a council-house, or place of justice. Hence,

1. A place of justice in the spiritual court, or the court itself; the court of every diocesan bishop, held in their cathedral churches, for the trial of ecclesiastical causes, arising within the diocese. The bishops chancellor or his commissary is the judge.

2. An assembly of prelates; the college of cardinals at Rome.

Pius was then hearing causes in consistory

3. A solemn assembly or council.

4. A place of residence. [Not used.]

5. In the Reformed churches, an assembly or council of ministers and elders.

Consociate

CONSOCIATE, noun [Latin See the next word.] An associate; a partner or confederate; an accomplice.

CONSOCIATE, verb transitive [Latin , to unite; a companion. See Social.]

1. To unite; to join; to associate.

2. To cement, or hold in close union.

3. To unite in an assembly or convention, as pastors and messengers or delegates of churches.

CONSOCIATE, verb intransitive

1. To unite; to coalesce.

2. To unite, or meet in a body; to form a consociation of pastors and messengers.

Consociation

CONSOCIATION, noun

1. Intimate union of persons; fellowship; alliance; companionship; union of things. [This word is less used than association.]

2. Fellowship or union of churches by their pastors and delegates; a meeting of the pastors and delegates of a number of congregational churches, for aiding and supporting each other, and forming an advisory council in ecclesiastical affairs.

Consociational

CONSOCIATIONAL, adjective Pertaining to a consociation.

Consol

CONSOL, noun [from consolidate.] Consols, in England, are the funds or stocks formed by the consolidation of different annuities.

Consolable

CONSOLABLE, adjective [See Console.] That admits comfort; capable of receiving consolation.

Consolate

CONSOLATE, verb transitive To comfort. [See Console.]

Consolation

CONSOLATION, noun [Latin See Console.]

1. Comfort; alleviation of misery, or distress of mind; refreshment of mind or spirits; a comparative degree of happiness in distress or misfortune, springing from any circumstance that abates the evil, or supports and strengthens the mind, as hope, joy, courage and the like.

Against such cruelties, with inward consolations recompensd.

We have great joy and consolation in thy love. Phile 7.

2. That which comforts, or refreshes the spirits; the cause of comfort; as the consolation of Israel. Luke 2:25.

Consolator

CONSOLATOR, noun One who comforts.

Consolatory

CONSOLATORY, adjective [Latin] Tending to give comfort; refreshing to the mind; assuaging grief.

CONSOLATORY, noun A speech or writing containing topics of comfort.

Console

CONSOLE, verb transitive [Latin The primary sense is either to set or allay, to give rest or quiet, or the sense is to strengthen, in which case it coincides with the root of solid. The latter is most probable.] To comfort; to cheer the mind in distress or depression; to alleviate grief, and give refreshment to the mind or spirits; to give contentment or moderate happiness by relieving from distress.

The promises of the gospel may well console the Christian in all the afflictions of life.

It is a consoling reflection that the evils of life are temporary.

I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete.

CONSOLE, noun In architecture, a bracket or shoulder-piece; or an ornament cut upon the key of an arch, which has a projecture, and on occasion serves to support little cornices, figures, busts and vases.

Consoled

CONSOLED, participle passive Comforted; cheered.

Consoler

CONSOLER, noun One that gives comfort.

Consolidant

CONSOLIDANT, adjective [See Consolidate.] Having the quality of uniting wounds or forming new flesh.

CONSOLIDANT, noun A medicine that heals or unites the parts of wounded flesh.

Consolidate

CONSOLIDATE, verb transitive [Latin , solid. See Solid.]

1. To make solid to unite or press together loose or separate parts, and form a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.

He fixed and consolidated the earth above the waters.

2. To unite the parts of a broken bone or the lips of a wound, by means of applications.

3. To unite two parliamentary bills in one.

4. In law, to combine two benefices in one.

CONSOLIDATE, verb intransitive To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid.

In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate

Moist clay consolidates by drying.

CONSOLIDATE, adjective Formed into a solid mass.

Consolidated

CONSOLIDATED, participle passive Made solid, hard, or compact; united.

Consolidating

CONSOLIDATING, participle present tense Making solid; uniting.

Consolidation

CONSOLIDATION, noun

1. The act of making or process of becoming solid; the act of forming into a firm compact mass, body or system.

2. The annexing of one bill to another in parliament or legislation.

3. The combining of two benefices in one.

4. The uniting of broken bones or wounded flesh.

Consonance

CONSONANCE, noun [Latin , to sound together; to sound. See Sound and Tone.]

1. Accord or agreement of sounds. In music, consonance is an accord of sounds which produces an agreeable sensation in the ear, as the third, fifth and eighth. It denotes also the according intervals. When the interval of a consonance is invariable, it is called perfect; but when it may be either major or minor, it is termed imperfect.

2. Agreement; accord; congruity; consistency; agreeableness; suitableness; as the consonance of opinions among judges; the consonance of a ritual to the scriptures.

Consonant

CONSONANT, adjective

1. Agreeing; according; congruous; consistent; followed generally by to; sometimes by with; as, this rule is consonant to scripture and reason.

2. In music, composed of consonances; as consonant intervals.

CONSONANT, noun A letter, so named because it is considered as being sounded only in connection with a vowel. But some consonants have no sound, even when united with a vowel, and others have a very imperfect sound. The consonants are better called articulations, as they are the names given to the several closings or junctions of the organs of speech, which precede and follow the openings of the organs, with which the vowels are uttered. These closings are perfect, and wholly intercept the voice, as in the syllables ek, ep, et; or imperfect, and admitting some slight sound, as in em, en. Hence some articulations are called mutes, and others, semi-vowels. The consonants begin or end syllables, and their use is to determine the manner of beginning or ending the vocal sounds. These closings or configurations of the organs being various, serve to diversify the syllables, as in uttering ba, da, pa, or ab, ad, ap; and although b and p may be considered as representing no sounds at all, yet they so modify the utterance of ab, ap, or ba, pa, that the slight difference between these articulations may be perceived as far as the human voice can be distinctly heard.

Consonantly

CONSONANTLY, adverb Consistently; in agreement.

Consonantness

CONSONANTNESS, noun Agreeableness; consistency.

Consonous

CONSONOUS, adjective [Latin] Agreeing in sound; symphonious.

Consopiate

CONSOPIATE, verb transitive To lull asleep. [Not used.]

Consopiation

CONSOPIATION, noun A lulling asleep. [Not used.]

Consopite

CONSOPITE, adjective Calm; composed. [Not used.]

Consort

CONSORT, noun [Latin , sort, state, kind.]

1. A companion; a partner; an intimate associate; particularly, a partner of the bed; a wife or husband.

He single chose to live, and shunnd to wed, well pleased to want a consort of his bed.

2. An assembly or association of persons, convened for consultation.

3. Union; conjunction; concurrence.

4. A number of instruments played together; a symphony; a concert. In this sense, concert is now used.

5. In navigation, any vessel keeping company with another.

Queen consort the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regent, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the widow of a king.

CONSORT, verb intransitive To associate; to unite in company; to keep company; followed by with.

Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee.

CONSORT, verb transitive

1. To join; to marry.

With his consorted Eve.

2. To unite in company.

He begins to consort himself with men.

3. To accompany. [Not used.]

Consortable

CONSORTABLE, adjective Suitable.

Consorted

CONSORTED, participle passive United in marriage.

Consorting

CONSORTING, participle present tense Uniting in company with; associating.

Consortion

CONSORTION, noun Fellowship. [Not used.]

Consortship

CONSORTSHIP, noun Fellowship; partnership.

Consound

CONSOUND, noun The name of several species of plants.

Conspicuity

CONSPICUITY, noun Conspicuousness; brightness. [Little used.]

Conspicuous

CONSPICUOUS, adjective [Latin , to look or see. See Species.]

1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; manifest; as, to stand in a conspicuous place.

Or come I less conspicuous

2. Obvious to the mental eye; clearly or extensively known, perceived or understood. Hence, eminent; famous; distinguished; as a man of conspicuous talents; a lady of conspicuous virtues.

Conspicuously

CONSPICUOUSLY, adverb In a conspicuous manner; obviously; in a manner to be clearly seen; eminently; remarkably.

Conspicuousness

CONSPICUOUSNESS, noun

1. Openness or exposure to the view; a state of being visible at a distance; as the conspicuousness of a tower.

2. Eminence; fame; celebrity; renown; a state of being extensively known and distinguished; as the conspicuousness of an author.

Conspiracy

CONSPIRACY, noun [Latin See Conspire.]

1. A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement between two or more persons, to commit some crime in concert; particularly, a combination to commit treason, or excite sedition or insurrection against the government of a state; a plot; as a conspiracy against the life of a king; a conspiracy against the government.

More than forty had made this conspiracy Acts 23:13.

2. In law, an agreement between two or more persons, falsely and maliciously to indict, or procure to be indicted, an innocent person of felony.

3. A concurrence; a general tendency of two or more causes to one event.

Conspirant

CONSPIRANT, adjective [Latin] Conspiring; plotting; engaging in a plot to commit a crime.

Conspiration

CONSPIRATION, noun Conspiracy; agreement or concurrence of things to one end.

Conspirator

CONSPIRATOR, noun

1. One who conspires; one who engages in a plot to commit a crime, particularly treason.

2. In law, one who agrees with another falsely and maliciously to indict an innocent person of felony. By the British statute, a conspirator is defined to be one who binds himself by oath, covenant, or other alliance, to assist another falsely and maliciously to indict a person, or falsely to maintain pleas.

Conspire

CONSPIRE, verb intransitive [Latin , to plot; to breathe. But the primary sense is to throw, to wind; hence spira, a fold, circle, wreath or band; and the sense of the verb is, to breathe together, or more probably, to wind or band together.]

1. To agree, by oath, covenant or otherwise, to commit a crime; to plot; to hatch treason.

The servants of Ammon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 2 Kings 21:23.

They conspired against Joseph to slay him. Genesis 37:18.

2. In law, to agree falsely and maliciously to indict an innocent person of felony.

3. To agree; to concur to one end.

The press, the pulpit, and the stage, conspire to censure and expose our age.

All things conspire to make us prosperous.

Conspirer

CONSPIRER, noun One who conspires or plots; a conspirator.

Conspiring

CONSPIRING, participle present tense

1. Agreeing to commit a crime; plotting; uniting or concurring to one end.

2. In mechanics, conspiring powers are such as act in a direction not opposite to one another; cooperating powers.

Conspiringly

CONSPIRINGLY, adverb In the manner of a conspiracy; by conspiracy.

Conspissation

CONSPISSATION, noun [Latin] The act of making thick or viscous; thickness.

Conspurcation

CONSPURCATION, noun [Latin , to defile.] The act of defiling; defilement; pollution. [Not in use.]

Constable

CONSTABLE, noun [Latin , a stable; count of the stable.]

1. The Lord High constable of England, the seventh officer of the crown. He had the care of the common peace, in deeds of arms, and matters of war; being a judge of the court of chivalry, now called the court of honor. To this officer and to the Earl marshal belonged the cognizance of the contracts, deeds of arms, without the realm, and combats and blazonry within the realm. The power of this officer was so great and so improperly used, that it was abridged by the 13th Richard II., and was afterwards forfeited in the person of Edward Stafford, duke of Buckingham, in 1521. It has never been granted to any person, since that time, except pro hac vice, or on a particular occasion.

2. An officer of the peace. In England, there are high constables, petty constables, and constables of London. The high constables are chosen at the court leets of the franchise or hundred over which they preside, or in default of that, by the justices of the quarter sessions, and are removable by the same authority that appoints them. The petty constables are chosen by the jury of the court leet, or if no court is held, they are appointed by two justices of the peace. In London, a constable is nominated in each precinct by the inhabitants, and confirmed at the court of wardmote. The duty of constables is to keep the peace, and for this purpose they are invested with the power of arresting and imprisoning, and of breaking open houses.

In the United States, constables are town or city officers of the peace, with powers similar to those possessed by the constables in Great Britain. They are invested also with powers to execute civil as well as criminal process, and to levy executions. In New England, they are elected by the inhabitants of towns in legal meeting.

To overrun the constable to spend more than a man is worth or can pay; a vulgar phrase.

Constableship

CONSTABLESHIP, noun The office of a constable.

Constablewick

CONSTABLEWICK, noun The district to which a constables power is limited.

Constancy

CONSTANCY, noun [Latin , to stand.]

1. Fixedness; a standing firm; hence, applied to God or his works, immutability; unalterable continuance; a permanent state.

2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; steady, unshaken determination; particularly applicable to firmness of mind under sufferings, to steadiness in attachments, and to perseverence in enterprise. Lasting affection; stability in love or friendship.

3. Certainty; veracity; reality.

Constant

CONSTANT, adjective [Latin]

1. Fixed; firm; opposed to fluid.

To turn two fluid liquors into a constant body.

[In this sense, not used.]

2. Fixed; not varied; unchanged; permanent; immutable.

The worlds a scene of changes, and to be constant in nature were inconstancy.

3. Fixed or firm in mind, purpose, affection or principle; unshaken; unmoved; as a constant friend or lover.

4. Certain; steady; firmly adherent; with to; as a man constant to his purpose, or to his duties.

Constantinopolitan

CONSTANTINOPOLITAN, adjective Relating to Constantinople, the metropolis of Turkey in Europe.

Constantly

CONSTANTLY, adverb Firmly; steadily; invariably; continually; perseveringly.

Rhoda constantly affirmed that it was even so. Acts 12:15.

These things I will that thou affirm constantly Titus 3:8.

Constat

CONSTAT, noun [Latin , it appears.]

1. In England, a certificate given by the clerk of the pipe and auditors of the exchequer, to a person who intends to plead or move for a discharge of any thing in that court. The effect of it is to show what appears upon the record, respecting the matter in question.

2. An exemplification under the great seal of the enrollment of any letters patent.

Constellate

CONSTELLATE, verb intransitive [Low Latin , to shine, a star.] To join luster; to shine with united radiance or one general light. [Little used.]

The several things which engage our affections shine forth and constellate in God.

CONSTELLATE, verb transitive To unite several shining bodies in one splendor. [Little used.]

Constellated

CONSTELLATED, participle passive

1. United in one splendor.

2. Starry; set or adorned with stars or constellations.

Constellation

CONSTELLATION, noun

1. A cluster of fixed stars; an asterism; a number of stars which appear as if situated near each other in the heavens, and are considered as forming a particular division. The constellations are reduced mostly to the figures of certain animals or other known things, as the bear, the bull, the ram, the balance, etc.

For the stars of heaven, and the constellations thereof, shall not give their light. Isaiah 13:10.

2. An assemblage of splendors or excellencies.

Consternation

CONSTERNATION, noun [Latin , to throw or strike down.] Astonishment; amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates a person for consultation and execution; excessive terror, wonder or surprise.

Constipate

CONSTIPATE, verb transitive [Latin , to crowd, or cram. See Stuff and Stop.]

1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to thicken or condense.

2. To stop, by filling a passage, and preventing motion; as, to constipate capillary vessels.

3. To fill or crowd the intestinal canal, and make costive.

Constipation

CONSTIPATION, noun

1. The act of crowding any thing into a less compass; a pressing together; condensation; as a close constipation of particles.

2. More generally, a crowding or filling to hardness the intestinal canal, from defective excretion; costiveness; obstipation.

Constituent

CONSTITUENT, adjective [Latin , to set. See Statue, Statute.] Setting; constituting; applied to parts of a thing that are essential to it. Hence, necessary or essential; elemental; forming, composing or making as an essential part.

Body, soul, and reason, are the three constituent parts of a man.

Oxygen and hydrogen are the constituent parts of water.

CONSTITUENT, noun

1. He or that which sets, fixes or forms; he or that which constitutes or composes.

Their first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler constituent than chance.

2. That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part.

The lymph in those glands is a necessary constituent of the aliment.

3. One who appoints or elects another to an office or employment.

Constitute

CONSTITUTE, verb transitive [Latin , to set.]

1. To set; to fix; to enact; to establish.

We must obey laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority, not against the law of God.

2. To form or compose; to give formal existence to; to make a thing what it is.

Perspicuity constitutes the prime excellence of style.

Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.

3. To appoint, depute or elect to an office or employment; to make and empower.

A sheriff is constituted a conservator of the peace.

A has constituted B his attorney or agent.

Constituted

CONSTITUTED, participle passive Set; fixed; established; made; elected; appointed.

Constituter

CONSTITUTER, noun One who constitutes or appoints.

Constituting

CONSTITUTING, participle present tense Setting; establishing; composing; electing; appointing.

Constitution

CONSTITUTION, noun

1. The act of constituting, enacting, establishing, or appointing.

2. The state of being; that form of being or peculiar structure and connection of parts which makes or characterizes a system or body. Hence the particular frame or temperament of the human body is called its constitution We speak of a robust or feeble constitution; a cold, phlegmatic, sanguine or irritable constitution We speak of the constitution of the air, or other substance; the constitution of the solar system; the constitution of things.

3. The frame or temper of mind, affections or passions.

4. The established form of government in a state, kingdom or country; a system of fundamental rules, principles and ordinances for the government of a state or nation. In free states, the constitution is paramount to the statutes or laws enacted by the legislature, limiting and controlling its power; and in the United States, the legislature is created, and its powers designated, by the constitution

5. A particular law, ordinance, or regulation, made by the authority of any superior, civil or ecclesiastical; as the constitutions of Justinian and his successors.

6. A system of fundamental principles for the government of rational and social beings.

The New Testament is the moral constitution of modern society.

Constitutional

CONSTITUTIONAL, adjective

1. Bred or inherent in the constitution, or in the natural frame of body or mind; as a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dulness.

2. Consistent with the constitution; authorized by the constitution or fundamental rules of a government; legal.

An act of Congress prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States is constitutional

3. Relating to the constitution; as a constitutional doubt.

Constitutionalist

CONSTITUTIONALIST, noun

1. An adherent to the constitution of government.

2. An innovator of the old constitution, or a framer or friend of the new constitution in France.

Constitutionality

CONSTITUTIONALITY, noun

1. The state of being constitutional; the state of being inherent in the natural frame; as the constitutionality of disease.

2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions.

The judges of the supreme court of the United States have the power of determining the constitutionality of laws.

Constitutionally

CONSTITUTIONALLY, adverb In consistency with the constitution or frame of government.

Constitutionist

CONSTITUTIONIST, noun One who adheres to the constitution of the country.

Constitutive

CONSTITUTIVE, adjective

1. That constitutes, forms or composes; elemental; essential.

The constitutive parts of a schismatic, being the esteem of himself and contempt of others.

2. Having power to enact or establish; instituting.

Constrain

CONSTRAIN, verb transitive [Latin , to strain, to bind. See Strain.] In a general sense, to strain; to press; to urge; to drive; to exert force, physical or moral, either in urging to action or in restraining it. Hence,

1. To compel or force; to urge with irresistible power, or with a power sufficient to produce the effect.

The spirit within me constraineth me. Job 32:18.

I was constrained to appeal to Caesar. Acts 28:19.

For the love of Christ constraineth us. 2 Corinthians 5:14.

2. To confine by fore; to restrain from escape or action; to repress.

My sire in caves constrains the winds.

3. To hold by force; to press; to confine.

How the strait stays the slender waist constrain

4. To constringe; to bind.

When winter frosts constrain the field with cold.

5. To tie fast; to bind; to chain; to confine.

He binds in chains the drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains.

6. To necessitate.

Did fate or we the adulterous act constrain?

7. To force; to ravish. [Not used.]

8. To produce in opposition to nature; as a constrained voice; constrained notes.

Constrainable

CONSTRAINABLE, adjective That may be constrained, forced, or repressed; liable to constraint, or to restraint.

Constrained

CONSTRAINED, participle passive Urged irresistibly or powerfully; compelled; forced; restrained; confined; bound; imprisoned; necessitated.

Constrainedly

CONSTRAINEDLY, adverb By constraint; by compulsion.

Constrainer

CONSTRAINER, noun One who constrains.

Constraining

CONSTRAINING, participle present tense Urging with irresistible or powerful force; compelling; forcing; repressing; confining; holding by force; pressing; binding.

Constraint

CONSTRAINT, noun Irresistible force, or its effect; any force, or power, physical or moral, which compels to act or to forbear action, or which urges so strongly as to produce its effect upon the body or mind; compulsion; restraint; confinement.

Not by constraint but by my choice, I came.

Feed the flock of God, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint but willingly. 1 Peter 5:2.

Constraintive

CONSTRAINTIVE, adjective Having power to compel.

Constrict

CONSTRICT, verb transitive [Latin See Constrain.] To draw together; to bind; to cramp; to draw into a narrow compass; hence, to contract or cause to shrink.

Constricted

CONSTRICTED, participle passive Drawn together; bound; contracted.

Constricting

CONSTRICTING, participle present tense Drawing together; binding; contracting.

Constriction

CONSTRICTION, noun A drawing together or contraction by means of some inherent power, or by spasm, as distinguished from compression, or the pressure of extraneous bodies; as the constriction of a muscle or fiber. It may perhaps be sometimes used as synonymous with compression.

Constrictor

CONSTRICTOR, noun

1. That which draws together or contracts. In anatomy, a muscle which draws together or closes an orifice of the body; as the constrictor labiorum, a muscle of the lips.

2. A species of serpents, the black snake of the United States. Also, the Boa constrictor the largest of known serpents.